UN chief: Disease and hunger now ‘inevitable’ in Gaza

The United Nations' human rights chief said on Thursday that outbreaks of disease and hunger seemed "inevitable" in Gaza after weeks of Israeli assault on the densely populated enclave.

"Massive outbreaks of infectious disease, and hunger, seem inevitable," Volker Turk said at an informal briefing to states at the UN in Geneva, following a visit to the Middle East.

All of the bakeries in Gaza are now out of service, after being bombed by Israeli air strikes.